These pages contain information about, and images of, Charles Darwin, his evolutionist grandfather Erasmus Darwin, and the many (often not so well remembered) scientists, clergymen, philosophers, and natural historians who espoused evolutionary ideas in the century leading up to the publication of On the Origin of Species. Importantly, these pages will serve as the central locus for links to the many articles and books written on evolution in the period between 1748 and 1859. For a timeline-view of publications containing pre-Darwinian evolutionary thought, click here.

The Friedman Lab

Principal Investigator

Dr. William (Ned) Friedman
Director of the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University
Arnold Professor of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology
Faculty Fellow of the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University
Phone: 617.384.7744
Fax: 617.384.6596
Email: ned@oeb.harvard.edu